Small furry animal. His reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. Al has a busy morning, Severe Weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. A lot of questions being asked. Thats the top story this morning. The investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by police in front of hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. Pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. Pete, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of Mental Illn
Oh, man. That could be the daily show. That could be snl. But its actually real. Who is it . Yes, it is congress. Good morning, everyone. Time to wake up, sleepyhead. Its friday, october 4th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set is, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post Eugene Robinson here with us in new york. Thats nice. Msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu, haired ford junior and in washington its time to have your corn flakes. Senior Political Editor and White House Correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein. And John Heilemann is in a gutter somewhere, but hell be here in a moment. Get directv. Knows what hes doing. Well get to the latest on the Government Shutdown in a moment. First, that dramatic scene on capitol hill streets yesterday where a woman who is suspected of trying to run down a white house barricade was eventually shot and killed on the streets near the senate. It all began yesterday afternoon with repor
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls
Times. If it were yours and korea. Those of you were watching from around the world its monday the twenty fourth here in seoul find a job when they do so much for joining us. We begin this evening in the hague where in about an hour from now the Third Nuclear Security Summit will officially kick off as a leader of the most recent two thousand twelve summit host nation has to bach and is expected to give remarks at the opening session will be bringing you live coverage of the president s speech at eleven pm korean time but first the staff but the wrath of the president talked packing day and the netherlands for bilateral talks with dutch Prime Minister Michael Wright said any summit with her chinese counterpart to thinking we can apply for president ial Office Correspondent is time to indicate that you can have it this time ago with the best leader iga chain and agony. I love me back and back an economic hike and i didnt get elected the market trading partner why do you. Agent. Welcome
Democrats retain control of the u. S. Senate in mid term elections. Catherine cortez musto beats. Her trump endorsed rival in nevada. To give the democrats a majority in the upper house of congress. And russia leaves devastation and danger behind in her son, ukraines president warner. That munitions are everywhere. And nearly all infrastructure has been destroyed. Ah hello, im claire richardson. Thank you so much for joining us. A bomb blast in istanbul has killed at least 6 people and wounded dozens more turkeys president has condemned as a terrorist attack and vowed to punish the bombers. This explosion ripped through a crowded pedestrian street near toxins square in the city center. No organisation has yet said it was behind the explosion. Groups including a turk, kurdish separatists and islamist militant how previously targeted a stumble and other turkish cities present at a time, or no one has called it a vile and heinous attack. Or correspondent in istanbul, eulley a han has more